Ash tray



3, 1941-. F. G. MONTGOMERY 2,266,891 I ASH TRAY I Filed Feb. 9, 1959 IINVENTOR 3 hmww Patented Dec. 23, 1941 ASH TRAY Frederick G. Montgomery, Westfield, N. J., as-

signor to Ekstrand Manufacturing Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 9, 1939, Serial No. 255,464

2 Claims.

My invention relates to ash-trays of the type in which cells are formed to extinguish cigarettes.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction that will be more efiective in extinguishing the fire in a short period of time and formed to admit a cigarette readily therein, and also to provide a relatively large dish portion for the reception of ashes and cigarette parts.

Referring to the drawing which forms a part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of the tray with the cells formed to present a triangular shape at their upper ends and which are formed with downwardly extending and converging side walls which terminate in a circular form at the bottom and are of about the same or less in diameter than that of a standard size cigarette.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectiona1 view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

l indicates an ash-tray preferably made of ceramic material and circular in outline.

I I indicates the dish portion of the tray and I2 indicates the cells in which the burning cigarette is placed to extinguish the fire.

At times a person smoking a cigarette may desire to stop for a short period and to save the unsmoked portion he may place it in a cell, but if the bottom of the cell is larger than the diameter of the cigarette it will burn for a time before the fire is extinguished and the larger the area of the cell at the top the more air may flow to the burning tobacco, thus keeping it alight.

The present invention permits a cell having a large top opening and downwardly converging walls terminating in a small circular socket l2 which will pinch the lower end of a cigarette when forced therein and serves to entirely shut ofi the air therefrom and thereby extinguish the fire almost at once.

I prefer to make the upper end of the cells in a form substantially as illustrated and to locate them at one side of the tray as shown, thereby permitting the central portion of the tray to serve as a container for ashes, etc.

By reason of the shape of the cells, they draw from the mold freely in the molding operation, and they also present a pleasing design for the tray as a whole.

The outer circular rim l3 extends above the cells and serves as a guide for the hand in placing a cigarette in the cell without looking at the tray, due to the cells being located closely to said rim.

The trays are made with coatings of various colors.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new:

1. An ash tray consisting of a plate having a plurality of cells each of which is formed in triangular shape at its upper end and has a depth greater than its diameter and which presents side walls joined by rounded corners, the lower ends of said cells being formed to provide substantially circular sockets adapted to embrace the end of a cigarette placed therein.

2. The construction defined in claim 1, together with said cells being formed in a circular row with the wide part of one cell located adjacent the narrow part of the adjoining cell, said construction consisting of a single piece ,of material.

FREDERICK G. MONTGOMERY. 

